22 December, 2024
Summer contest strip, from 'Journal de Spirou' #4082-4083 (ill. Yoann & Vehlmann; Copyright (c) 2016 Dupuis and the artists; SR scanlation)

Scanlation Sunday: The Littlest Spirou

Summer contest strip, from 'Journal de Spirou' #4082-4083 (ill. Yoann & Vehlmann; Copyright (c) 2016 Dupuis and the artists; SR scanlation)

Every summer the Journal de Spirou runs a reader contest, with strips of different comics that each offer a clue on some particular theme. This year each strip includes a coded reference to some other comic from the magazine. Yoann & Vehlmann’s entry, colors by Laurence Croix, is in the special summer issue, #4082–4083, currently out. Shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out… (Check out previous years’ entries here, here and here.)

By the way, shades also of Fournier’s X75 strip

Spirou Reporter

I grew up reading Spirou in Scandinavian translations. Now I'm learning French and trying to decode the originals.

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19 thoughts on “Scanlation Sunday: The Littlest Spirou

  1. Ha, this also happened in an episode of the 2006 Spirou cartoon! It was a weird, unlogical inconsistent episode. But then, aren’t they all…

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